ByMichael Overmeer and Aaran Leviton | November 7, 2018

Students watched as election coverage reported that Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives, the Republicans maintained control of the Senate on Tuesday night at various watch party locations throughout campus.

ByBreAnne Fleer and Gayatri Somaiya | November 4, 2018

To help get Cornellians to the polls to vote in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, Cornell Outdoor Education and the Cornell Public Service Center will be providing shuttles to transport Cornell community members to polling locations.

This week’s midterm elections will be among the most consequential in recent memory. At stake is nothing less than the direction of our democracy and our nation. The past two years have not been easy for many Americans — the Trump administration has embarked on a substantial rollback of rights and protections for women, immigrants, LGBTQ people, religious minorities and more. Congress tried repeatedly (though unsuccessfully) to repeal the lifesaving Affordable Care Act, and succeeded in passing in passing a massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans at the expense of working people. And a growing but still fragile economy finds itself at the mercy of a capricious administration’s trade policy.

November 6 is fast approaching, but you probably still have lots of questions on the when’s and where’s and who’s and how’s. The Sun has put together some information to help you answer those questions.

On Monday evening, two student leaders each from the Cornell Democrats and Cornell Republicans will argue a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues in a debate moderated by the Cornell Speech and Debate Society to offer a balanced perspective of the midterm elections.